Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-systemic autoimmune disorder. Fifty percent will have gastro intestinal symptoms and 1 to 4% jaundice. Two Filipino adolescents with uncommon presentation of SLE are reported: 14-year old female intermittent epigastric pain 17-year male jaundice. Epigastric jaundice presentations in patients SLE. A high index suspicion needed must be considered th...

338 DR. BARNETT: I think few of us would consider that we know enough new about pyloric stenosis to justify presenting an infant with it to a group of this type. However, the patient to be presented had what appears to be a cornplication of p loric stenosis, which we had not encountered previously and one which is of both practical and theoretic interest. The patient will be described and the d...

BACKGROUND Phototherapy is considered the standard of care for neonatal jaundice. However, its short-term cardiorespiratory effects have not been studied thoroughly. OBJECTIVES To assess the cardiorespiratory effect of phototherapy during sleep in term infants with physiologicjaundice. METHODS We performed two polysomnography studies during 3 hours sleep in 10 healthy term infants with phys...

Hemolytic disease of newborn due to ABO-incompatibility is the most common cause of hemolytic diseases of newborns, its occur due to ABO blood group incompatibility between the mother and infant. The aim of study is to identify the incidence and severity of jaundice in patients with ABO incompatibility. Fifty four babies with ABO incompatibility admitted to AlKhansah maternity and children teac...

SIR,-Drs. Y. K. Wong and B. S. B. Wood (13 November, p. 403) purported to show a relationship between maternal oral contraception ("the pill") and subsequent jaundice in breast-fed infants-confusingly referred to as "breast-milk jaundice" (a term best reserved for instances where there is evidence that the breast milk does indeed contain a factor inhibiting conjugation of bilirubin).' They gave...

background: neonatal jaundice is clinically presented in 60% of full-term newborns. about 8% of newborns with jaundice have urinary tract infection (uti) without any other clinical signs in favor of uti. in present study we evaluated clinical and paraclinical data that help to rapid and early diagnosis of uti in apparently healthy newborns with jaundice.   methods: from february to august 2006,...

Biliary atresia is the most common cause of pediatric end-stage liver disease and the leading indication for pediatric liver transplantation. Affected infants exhibit evidence of biliary obstruction within the first few weeks after birth. Early diagnosis and successful surgical drainage of bile are associated with greater survival with the child's native liver. Unfortunately, because noncholest...

Kernicterus and neurologic sequelae caused by severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia are preventable conditions. A structured and practical approach to the identification and care of infants with jaundice can facilitate prevention, thus decreasing rates of morbidity and mortality. Primary prevention includes ensuring adequate feeding, with breastfed infants having eight to 12 feedings per 24 hours....